Alfred still had not successfully put Orion down for bed yet (at least not since he'd been back, but getting Orion to sleep before didn't feel like the same task; babies just fell asleep on their own at all hours of the day and night, no matter what you did). It was starting to feel like a thing, and on a few occasions he'd thought about asking Zelda to just let him struggle it, however long it took... but it was hard to make the ask when Orion was clearly better off with her. He hadn't even made a feeble effort tonight, relieved that Zelda hadn't suggested it. Orion was asleep now, and Alfred was going to suggest he and Zelda go for a walk in the small woods at the far end of the terrace — perhaps technically something they shouldn't do, but nothing ever happened with Orion was asleep anyway — when he heard her voice from inside the bathroom.
He normally would never even considered intruding on his wife in such a personal area of the house, but normally she was not swearing in there. He furrowed his brow, paused, then knocked hesitantly on the door. "Everything alright?"
He normally would never even considered intruding on his wife in such a personal area of the house, but normally she was not swearing in there. He furrowed his brow, paused, then knocked hesitantly on the door. "Everything alright?"
MJ made the most Alfredy of sets and then two years later she made it EVEN BETTER